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American writer (1927-2003)
Walter Hill is an acclaimed American film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his action films and reviving the Western genre. He has directed numerous popular movies like The Driver, The Warriors, and 48 Hrs., and has also worked on the Alien franchise. Hill is known for his unique storytelling approach, often exploring moral dilemmas within contemporary narratives.
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About the Walter Hill
Walter Hillis an American film director, screenwriter and producer known for his action films and revival of the Western genre. He has directed such films as The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs. and its sequel Another 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire and Red Heat, and wrote the screenplay for the crime drama The Getaway. He has also directed several episodes of television series such as Tales from the Crypt and Deadwood and produced films in the Alien franchise. He founded Brandywine Productions with David Giler and Gordon Carroll.
Hill said in an interview that “every film I’ve done has been a Western”, and elaborated in another that “the Western is ultimately a stripped down moral universe that is, whatever the dramatic problems are, beyond the normal avenues of social control and social alleviation of the problem, and I like to do that even within contemporary stories”.
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Walter Hill is known for directing action films and reviving the Western genre.
Some of the notable films directed by Walter Hill include The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs. and its sequel Another 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire, and Red Heat.
Walter Hill was born on January 10, 1942.
Walter Hill has produced films in the Alien franchise.
Walter Hill has stated that ‘every film I’ve done has been a Western’ and that ‘the Western is ultimately a stripped down moral universe that is, whatever the dramatic problems are, beyond the normal avenues of social control and social alleviation of the problem, and I like to do that even within contemporary stories’.
Walter Hill co-founded Brandywine Productions with David Giler and Gordon Carroll.
Walter Hill wrote the screenplay for the crime drama The Getaway.
21 Quotes by Walter Hill
- 1.
Somebody once said, you have to wait 20 years before you can tell if a movie’s any good or not so that’s probably true.
Walter HillAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter
- 2.
I get a great high from writing.
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- 3.
I think it’s fair to say I’ve always been a boxing fan.
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- 4.
I wouldn’t not want to be a director and write as I wouldn’t not to want to be a writer and direct movies.
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- 5.
You as an audience can look at these things as films, but I remember them as social experiences.
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- 6.
Naturally we need black men to give this movie serious credibility.
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- 7.
It’s really about, oh come on, this guy wouldn’t say that or he wouldn’t do that, you know, it’s about the characters, about the story, about the situation.
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- 8.
I tend not to look back. It’s confusing.
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- 9.
I don’t much like looking back.
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- 10.
Well, I’m about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.
Walter HillAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter
- 11.
Get Miramax to send me down to Australia. I’d like to see it.
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- 12.
I’ll talk about these things, but it’s just, you know, you only get so much time and I’m much more interested in what I’m going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.
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- 13.
I never do, I don’t even go to the retrospectives.
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- 14.
I always say the next one is my favorite.
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- 15.
I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we’ve made a very modest movie.
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- 16.
I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn’t too excited about all the effects work.
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- 17.
I guess I never had a better experience than working on The Long Riders, and at the same time, I never had a harder time than what I did making Southern Comfort.
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- 18.
Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I’ve made one that’s actually about boxing and not a metaphor.
Walter HillAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter
- 19.
I’ve always wanted to do a boxing movie.
Walter HillAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter
- 20.
If I could go back I might change Geronimo a bit. If I do, it will be made a longer version.
Walter HillAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter
- 21.
Well, we’re in show business, and I have been making a living in this business a long time and inevitably it means taking what it is that you’ve done and hopefully you’re showing it to a lot of people who like it.
Walter HillAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter